TN to Observe Periyar's Birth Anniversary as Day of Social Justice
Tamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of reformist leader E. V. Ramasamy Periyar as "Social Justice Day".
E. V. Ramasamy Periyar was born on September 17. This day will now be celebrated as 'Social Justice Day' every year.
Periyar's ideology was all about social justice, equality, self-respect, and rationalism. This laid the foundation stone for Tamil society's growth during the last century. These ideologies would also pave way for the future. Thus, government decided to celebrate his birth anniversary every year to celebrate the symbolic reinforcement of his egalitarian principles.
He was commonly known as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar. He was an Indian social activist and politician. He started Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'. He rebelled against the Brahmanical dominance as well as gender & caste inequality in Tamil Nadu.
E.V. Ramasamy joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1919, but resigned in 1925 after he realised that INC was only serving the interests of Brahmins. In 1924, he participated in non-violent agitation (satyagraha) at Vaikom, Travancore. He became the head of the Justice Party in 1939 and changed its name to Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.
World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is marked every year on September 10 to create awareness about the ways in which suicide can be prevented.
The goal is to shine a light on the issues in hopes of reaching people who are struggling before it's too late. The ongoing pandemic has made a lot of people more anxious, depressed and susceptible to taking such extreme steps for several reasons, like job loss, losing a close one to coronavirus, lack of social gatherings and so on.
For the first time, this day was marked on September 10, 2003, as an initiative by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a day dedicated to a very important message: suicides are preventable.
The 2021 theme of World Suicide Prevention Day is "Creating Hope Through Action", which promises a collective initiative towards suicide prevention.
Sep 09, 2021
Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 in Hawaii
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria attended a three day-long Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 in Hawaii of the US.
The event themed ''Enduring Cooperation towards Regional Stability'' was attended by air chiefs from countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Bhadauria was nominated as the Dean for the symposium which was held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
The symposium saw deliberations through panel discussions, table top exercises and keynote addresses on topics ranging from aspects of regional security to cooperation amongst air forces for humanitarian and disaster relief operations.
Sep 08, 2021
IAF Chief Attends Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 in Hawaii
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria attended a three day-long Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 in Hawaii of the US.
The event themed ''Enduring Cooperation towards Regional Stability'' was attended by air chiefs from countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Bhadauria was nominated as the Dean for the symposium which was held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
The symposium saw deliberations through panel discussions, table top exercises and keynote addresses on topics ranging from aspects of regional security to cooperation amongst air forces for humanitarian and disaster relief operations.
International Literacy Day
International Literacy Day 2021 is celebrated on September 8. The day as the name suggests aims at making more and more people aware about the importance of literacy for each individual.
The first International Literacy Day was observed in the year 1967.
September 8 was declared as International Literacy Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the year 1966.
The theme of International Literacy Day 2021 is 'Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide'.
Sep 07, 2021
Thirteenth BRICS Summit
The 13th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit under the chairmanship of India will take place on September 9.
This is the third time that India will be hosting the BRICS Summit after 2012 and 2016.
Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states had met annually at formal summits.
The 2020 BRICS summit was held virtually amid the covid pandemic under the chairmanship of Russia.
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Following the international community's increasing interest in clean air, and emphasising the need to make further efforts to improve air quality to protect human health, the United Nations General Assembly has designated 7th September as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies.
Last year (2020), the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for blue skies with the rights-based theme of "Clean Air for All" was launched.
The theme for 2021 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is "Healthy Air, Healthy Planet" which emphasises the health effects of air pollution, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Day aims to prioritise the need for healthy air for all while keeping conversations broad enough to encompass other critical issues such as climate change, human and planetary health as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. It serves as a rallying call to action to collectively align efforts and claim the right to clean air.
Sep 06, 2021
International Climate Summit 2021
India hosted a key summit as part of the International Climate Summit (ICS) 2021, an initiative by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry's environment committee. The global hybrid summit will build a dialogue for India's transition to clean energy, according to the organisers of the event.
The ICS partnered with Invest India for the event. The special focus of the summit was on 'Powering India's Hydrogen Ecosystem'.
Policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, experts and scientists from across the globe were part of the event. Union Ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Jitendra Singh, Niti Aayog member Dr. V. K. Saraswat and Sturle Harald Pedersen, Chairman, Greenstat India, Norway are some of the eminent participants.
Reliance Industry Chairman Mukesh Ambani was a keynote speaker at the summit.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Chairs 24th Meeting of FSDC
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has chaired the 24th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). Finance Minister is the chairperson of FSDC. It must be noted that FSDC Sub-Committee is chaired by the Governor, RBI.
Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is the apex level forum set up by the Government of India for strengthening and institutionalising the mechanism for maintaining financial stability, enhancing inter-regulatory coordination and promoting financial sector development.
The Council also, inter alia, discussed issues relating to the management of stressed assets, strengthening institutional mechanism for financial stability analysis, financial inclusion, the framework for resolution of financial institutions and issues related to IBC processes, banks' exposure to various sectors and Government, data sharing mechanisms of government authorities, internationalisation of Indian Rupee and pension sector related issues.
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